• HMS Abergavenny was originally Earl of Abergavenny, an East Indiaman sailing for the British East India Company (EIC). As an East Indiaman she made two...
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    Abergavenny (/ˌæbərɡəˈvɛni/; Welsh: Y Fenni pronounced [ə ˈvɛnɪ], archaically Abergafenni meaning "mouth of the River Gavenny") is a market town and community...
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    Earl of Abergavenny was an East Indiaman launched in 1796 that was wrecked in Weymouth Bay, England in 1805. She was one of the largest East Indiamen...
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  • Royal Navy bought her in 1795 and named her HMS Abergavenny; the Navy sold her in 1807. Earl of Abergavenny (1796 EIC ship) - launched in 1796 and wrecked...
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    February 1801 Vansittart was promoted to post captain and command of HMS Abergavenny, stationed at Port Royal, though he may not have taken command until...
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  • Late in 1803, Michael Fitton was appointed to Gipsy, then tender to HMS Abergavenny. At the attack on Curaçao in 1804, Fitton was the only officer in the...
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    Scotland. His early commands included HMS Abergavenny which he was given in November 1800. By 1810 he had taken charge of HMS Diana. In December 1810 men from...
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  • Indies in his new command HMS Pelican. He remained in American waters until July 1802, serving aboard HMS Abergavenny then HMS Ganges, in which he returned...
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  • linen.) When Michael Fitton, captain of the schooner Ferret, tender to HMS Abergavenny, cruised the Mona Passage in company with Sparrow, commanded by Mr...
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  • Security Centre to Chicksands in 1997. HMS Ferreter There was also a Ferret that served as a tender to Abergavenny on the Jamaica station in the late 1790s...
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    three-decker. She was considerably larger than her British contemporary HMS Victory and somewhat bigger than the French Bretagne. There is no complete...
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    Torfaen, Newport and Blaenau Gwent to the west. The largest town is Abergavenny, and the administrative centre is Usk. The county is rural, although...
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    Loring commanded a succession of ships, including HMS Rattler, HMS Lark, HMS Abergavenny and HMS Syren, operating against French privateers with some success...
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    1805, she was commanded by Captain Jean-Jacques Magendie. Admiral Nelson's HMS Victory, leading the weather column of the British fleet, broke the French...
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  • Indies, and in 1799 was acting lieutenant of the 54-gun fourth rate HMS Abergavenny on the Jamaica station, from which he was detached in command of one...
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  • of Abergavenny, Weymouth Bay Mingary Castle wreck, Sound of Mull HMS Lawford, Normandy HMS Stirling Castle, Kent St Peter Port wrecks, Guernsey HMS Swan...
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    HMS Acheron was the mercantile New Grove, launched at Whitby in 1799, that the Admiralty purchased in 1803 and fitted as a bomb-vessel. She served in...
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  • 16-gun brig HMS Diligence in the West Indies. In May 1800 he was made a post captain and served in a number of ships, including HMS Abergavenny, HMS Thunderer...
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    Gloucester, Forest of Dean, Ross-on-Wye, then by river to Monmouth, Abergavenny, Brecon, Carmarthen, Milford Haven (New Inn), Tenby, Swansea, Carmarthen...
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  • mutiny. An informer named two ringleaders, whom Marshall then transferred to HMS Sirius. There they received 24 lashes each and then were again transferred...
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    HMS Calcutta was the East Indiaman Warley, converted to a Royal Navy 56-gun fourth rate. This ship of the line served for a time as an armed transport...
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    in the Brest squadron, served in the Caribbean in 1803, and duelled with HMS Victory during the Battle of Trafalgar, killing Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson...
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  • (leader of the historical mutiny on HMS Bounty) Thursday, West Virginia, a community in the United States Abergavenny Thursdays F.C., a Welsh football club...
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  • Burton's may refer to: Burton (retailer), a clothing retailer Burton's, Abergavenny, a shop built for the company in 1937 The Montague Burton Building, Dublin...
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    Vengeance-class frigate of the French Navy. HMS St Fiorenzo captured her in 1797 and the Royal Navy took her into service as HMS Fisgard. She was sold in 1814. The...
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    surrendered to HMS Defence, Deniéport took advantage of a light wind to attempt to fill the gap in the line. She then found herself trapped between HMS Defiance...
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    HMS Berwick was a 74-gun Elizabeth-class third rate of the Royal Navy, launched at Portsmouth Dockyard on 18 April 1775, to a design by Sir Thomas Slade...
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  • HMS Madras was laid down as Lascelles, an East Indiaman being built for the British East India Company (EIC). The Royal Navy purchased her on the stocks...
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  • the Titanic and Great Disasters of the Sea. Eekelers, Dirk; Lettens, Jan. "HMS Coronation (north part) [+1691]". wrecksite. Retrieved 15 May 2021. "Harwich...
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  • HMS Calpe was the former 14-gun polacca San José of the Spanish Navy, originally built in 1796 in Greece. The British captured her in 1800 and commissioned...
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